My thanks to all the kind people who published interviews, excerpts and chances to win through their blogs over the past few days. If you missed any, you can find a complete list in the previous blog posts for the past week!

Day 5 of the Love Is Never Past Tense Book Blast features interviews and articles from some of my fellow independent authors at ASMSG. The Author’s Social Media Support Group (http://asmsg.weebly.com/) coordinates efforts among independent authors to help you find some great reads. Check out their blogs, then check out their books.

You’ve already had a chance to see Amazon Reviews, but you can also check out Love Is Never Past Tense on Goodreads. In addition to more reviews, Goodreads offers Listopia, a collection of reader-voted lists. You’ll find the Love Is Never Past Tense Listopia page here:

All this new activity is exciting and I hope you’ll take the time to check them out. Of course, blogs aren’t the only place to get information. I’m very proud of the reviews I’ve gotten on Amazon. You can check them out here:

Several of the blogs in the Book Blast feature interviews with me, and I hope you enjoy them. It isn’t always easy (for example) to come up with a top ten favorite movies list – I came up with eleven! But this is my blog and I get to choose the topic, so today I’d like to give you a glimpse of the story behind Love Is Never Past Tense.

I have used the terms “dramatic romance”, “second chance romance”, and ”based on a true story” to describe Love Is Never Past Tense — all true, none the whole truth. The whole truth is in the book, but there’s always another story, isn’t there?

America is not my native country, and English is not my native language. I’ve always intended to write a book, but I never would have imagined this one until fate intervened. The Internet bridged continents and a second chance at love became a reality. In 2009, the original version of the story was published in Russia and the Ukraine, in my native Russian. I still have a few copies of this edition if your are interested.

America is not my birthplace, but it is my home. When I returned, I rounded up a crew of editors, well-wishers, and others to produce the English language edition. After that came ebook editions in the format of your choice.

Love Is Never Past Tense is the story of a lifetime—my lifetime–but is it true? Of course it is. It’s all true, especially the lies.

Have you ever just shown up for what became a life changing event? One such event happened 40 years ago, almost to the day. It was late summer and during a day at the beach where a young couple met and their lives changed forever. You can read the whole story in my book Love Is Never Past Tense – a dramatic second chance romance set in the shadow of the crumbling Soviet Union.

In celebration of hot summer romances, I’ve arranged with bloggers around the world for a Love Is Never Past Tense Book Blast. Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing excerpts from the book, running a drawing for free copies, and telling some of the stories behind the story. The more blogs you check out, the better your chances of winning. Every day, I’ll post a list of the blogs participating that day.

The Blast runs through August 31. Check here daily for more blogs in the Blast and keep an eye on my Twitter feed @NeverPastTense! I’ll be checking them out myself and look forward to chatting with you online.

They said he couldn’t. Able is the story of Elliott, a man is passionate about his music and the woman who just moved in across the street. This movie was written, composed, shot and edited between July 26-28 by the Ondo Media Film Team.
Starring Louie Cowan, Shelley Johnson, Ronald Jenkins & Pat Daughetry
Directed & Edited by John Ondo
Music Score by Rusty Yanok & Performed by Louie Cowan.